This is getting pretty easy... maybe I have adapted and learned how to play this, but I was never really in danger of losing this realm or the last. Is it the characters? Or me? Not sure but it was only a little dodgy the first few locations of the first expedition.
There's a little simple math involved -- how many dice do I have, how much damage can they do to the enemies - and do I have an extra "ooomph" necessary to weather unforeseen unfortunate events... :)
Fun game, but ready to move on when I either lose or complete the next 2 realms to beat the game...
It's been sitting on the shelf in plastic for many, many months so I just had to play it through!